Peter Wittgenstein
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Louis Adolf Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg-Berleburg, better known as Peter Wittgenstein in English, was a prince of the German dynasty of Sayn-Wittgenstein and field marshal in th
Portrait by George Dawe (c. 1819–1825)
Countess Antonia Cäcilie Snarska (wife)
H1 of the 19th c.
H1 of the 19th c.
The Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829 resulted from the Greek War of Independence of 1821–1829; war broke out after the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II closed the Dardanelles to Russian ships and in November 18
Peter Wittgenstein
…wounded at Bar-sur-Aube (27 February 1814). In 1823 he was promoted Field Marshal, and in 1828 he was appointed to command the Russian army in the war against Turkey. But ill-health soon obliged him to retire. In 1834 King Frederick William III of Prussia granted him the title of Fürst (Prince) zu Sayn-Wittgenstein…
Battle of Akhaltsikhe (1828), by January Suchodolski. Oil on canvas, 1839
The passage of the Russian army through the Balkan mountains.
An episode of the battle of this war
Clash between Turks and Russians